February 1985 highlights  This day saw the dawning of a new world for BBC1 - well, a new spinning world between programmes, anyway. It debuted at the start of a revamped evening schedule, which saw the first thrice-weekly Wogan take to the air, with a generous 40 minutes each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7.00. EastEnders shared the same time slot on Tuesdays and Thursdays (it would not move to 7.30 until the autumn of 1985).
The earlier part of the evening had already been changed round to the form we know today.
The previous autumn saw the unloved Sixty Minutes give way to the Six O'Clock News, with a regular presenting team of Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell, followed by the regional magazines, sitting out on their own after years mixed up with Nationwide and Sixty Minutes. These changes led to the opening up of a new 5.35 slot between the children's programmes and the news that, for the next couple of years, the BBC would never be quite sure what to do with - in fact, on this occasion it was used for airing the new series of Grange Hill. Not only did the BBC1 globe go computerised today - so did the weather forecast, with the introduction of computer-generated weather maps replacing the old magnetic symbols. Bill Giles explained the changes in A Change in the Weather, which could be seen three times today. There were more schedule changes on this day: Breakfast Time moved from 6.30 to 6.50 for no apparent reason, and there was much rejoicing when Panorama was at last shifted out of the pre-Nine O'Clock News slot it had enjoyed for decades, and would now  be seen afterwards at 9.25. Changes to children's programming wouldn't occur until later in 1985 - Play School would relinquish its afternoon repeat in April, and the Children's BBC banner would appear in September. There had been a few changes to the Radio 1 line-up; Gary Davies, Bruno Brookes (left) and Janice Long gained weekday slots, while David Jensen left, Peter Powell was relegated to the weekend and Mike Smith had temporarily gone to co-present Breakfast Time, although he'd soon be back to take over Radio 1's breakfast show.
And in Radio Times 16-22 February 1985 Price 30p Radio Times finally had a fresh new look (introduced in September 1984) which finally saw the end of the newsprint-type paper. It could be argued that in the mid-80s RT had its best look ever. However, the price had doubled in just six years. Unsurprisingly, this week's edition gave its cover space over to BBC1's much anticipated twice-weekly soap. In previous weeks, readers had been given sneak previews, and inside this week's edition readers were treated to an illustration of Albert Square (below) along with a guide to each of the characters. 
More surprisingly, perhaps, was a picture of the new BBC1 globe atop page three - at no other time has the introduction of a new television ident merited so much as a mention in this august publication. Click here to read this feature. 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Radio Times Covers | 
